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B. S. CUTTING.

BUTTON.

Patented Dec. 13, 1881.

WITNESSES: INVENTQRI mm J M NITED STATES PATENT Oni c.

ROBERT S. CUTTING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,891, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed May 21, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonner S. CUTTING, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons; and I hereby (leclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in cufi' or other buttons provided with a hinged shoe; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the shoe, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a view of my improved button, showing the shoe placed parallel with the button to secure the same. Fig. 2 is a view of the button, showing the shoe placed on a line with apost to facilitate the entering ofthe shoe into the button-hole. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the shoe, showing the construction of thelsame andthe'methodof securingthespring. Fig. 4 is a view of the shoe, showing the hingedisk and the spring secured by the rolled-over:

outer cap of the shoe.

In the drawings, a represents the button; I), the post firmly secured to the button, and o the shoe hinged to the post I). The shoe consists of the disk (I, which is struck up in a die so as to form the incline 0, into which the slot f is cut to receive the spring and the post. The

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the slotf, the end resting on the rim of the disk d. The spring and disk d are now placed into the cap h, and the edges of the cap at h are turned over in a die so as to firmly hold the parts together.

By this construction the shoe, when placed as shown in Fig. 2, rests against the side of the post, and the incline 0 forms a-wedge by which the entering of the shoe into the button-hole is facilitated; a strong flexible spring, firmly secured and bearing on the end of the post. is produced, and the button is more durable, cheaper, and better than buttons of this class as heretofore made.

Havingthus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with the button a, and post b, of a shoe provided with the plate d, having the raised incline 'e and slotf, as described.

2. The combination, with the button a and the post b, of the shoe 0, consisting of the plate d, provided with the raised incline e, the slotf to receive the post, the spring 9, and the cap h, rolled over the plate (I and the spring, as described.

3. The combination, with the post I) and the plate 01, having the slotf, of the spring g, one end of which rests on the plate 01 and is secured by therolled-over edge ot'the cap h, as described.

ROBERT S. C UTTING.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLER, Jr., WM. L. (Door. 

